John Howard has pretty well crippled the soul of this nation, but he doesn't speak for all of us. Last Friday's edition of Sandy McCutcheon's Australia Talks Back on Radio National -- The Year in Review -- was a real shot in the arm for those of us in despair. Emails were read and calls came in from all over the country to name the stories and events in 2005 that impacted on their lives. The evidence of climate change was perhaps the biggest topic, but many people spoke of the "accumulation of small disgraceful happenings" under John Howard's stewardship that is turning Australia into a well-off wasteland of anger and intolerance. The general tone was one of thoughtfulness and hope mixed with despair for the future of our children. If the nation were in the hands of people who listened to Radio National it would truly be a wonderful place.
But it's not. It's nasty little place run by commercial radio shock jocks and political sociopaths.
There are no transcripts, but you can listen to the show:
Ah,"Radio National","Radio National"!
How do they maintain such high standards with such a small budget? Your 'local' ABC never cross promotes the great stuff that you might hear there. They all live in the same buildings for gods sake. In short, heard that one and it was a goody.
Posted by joe2 on December 19, 2005